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Crystal Maiden

Popularity: #23

Leaderboard: #70

Ban Rank: #125

KDA Rank: #113

Unleashes a high damage blizzard upon her foes

Able to keep her allies supplied with mana as she slows down enemies to ensure a kill, Crystal Maiden is a helpful addition to any team. And, when the opportunity arises, she can unleash her massive ultimate ability to devastate her foes.

Win Rate 49.3%
Pick Rate 11.8%
Attributes
Crystal Maiden Image

494 +48.4/lvl

291 +39.6/lvl

Strength Image

17 +2.2/lvl

Agility Image

16 +1.8/lvl

Intelligence Image

18 +3.3/lvl

Stats
Attack

Damage:

48 - 54 + 3.3/level (157.7 - 163.7 at level 30)

Attack

Range:

600

Attack

Armor:

2.7 + 0.3/level (13.7 at level 30)

Attack

Movement:

280

Roles

Carry

Durable

Nuker

Pusher

Support

Escape

Disabler

Initiator

Facets

Frozen Expanse

Win Rate: 53.5%

Pick Rate: 64.2%

Freezing Field also passively increases Crystal Maiden's cast range and area of effect.


Freezing Field

Freezing Field also passively increases Crystal Maiden's cast range and area of effect.

CAST RANGE BONUS: 75 / 100 / 125

AOE BONUS: 6% / 8% / 10%

Cold Comfort

Win Rate: 41.7%

Pick Rate: 35.8%

Crystal Maiden restores her allies' Mana when casting spells. Increases innate Mana Regen Amplification.


Arcane Aura

Every time Crystal Maiden casts a spell, allies close to her receive mana equal to a percentage of the spell's mana cost.

RADIUS: =1200

MANA SPENT GRANTED: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%


Blueheart Floe

Increases Mana Regeneration Amplification to 25%.

Abilities

Innate Ability Image
Blueheart Floe

BREAKABLE: Yes


Crystal Maiden has 50% Mana Regeneration Amplification.


FACET: Cold Comfort

Increases Mana Regeneration Amplification to %mana_regen_multiplier%%%.


Q

Crystal Nova

A burst of damaging frost slows enemy movement in the targeted area.


RADIUS: 425

DURATION: 5

DAMAGE: 110 / 160 / 210 / 260

Cooldown

11 / 10 / 9 / 8

Cast Range

700


Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branchTalent tree branchTalent tree branch
  • +100 Crystal Nova AoE
  • -4.5s Crystal Nova Cooldown
  • +300 Crystal Nova Damage

The air temperature around Rylai drops rapidly, chilling all around her to the core.
W

Frostbite

Encases an enemy unit in ice, prohibiting movement and attack, while dealing damage over time. Deals 4x damage to non-ancient creeps.


DAMAGE PER SECOND: 100

DURATION: 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3

Cooldown

9 / 8 / 7 / 6

Cast Range

600


Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branchTalent tree branch
  • +100 Frostbite Cast Range
  • +1s Frostbite Duration

Rylai channels winds from the Blueheart Glacier, imprisoning attackers in thick blocks of ice.

Arcane Aura

Gives additional mana regeneration to all friendly units on the map. Allies within a 1200 radius of Crystal Maiden receive 3x the mana regeneration.


MANA REGEN: 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 1

CLOSE MANA REGEN: 1.2 / 1.8 / 2.4 / 3

RADIUS: 1200


Cold temperatures promote the essence of magic, causing Rylai's presence to allow spell usage in abundance.
R

Freezing Field

CHANNELED - Surrounds Crystal Maiden with 100 random icy explosions that slow enemies and deal massive damage. Lasts %abilitychanneltime% seconds.


RADIUS: 810

EXPLOSION RADIUS: 320

MOVEMENT SLOW: -40%

DAMAGE: 105 / 170 / 250

Cooldown

100 / 95 / 90


Aghanim ScepterAghanim Shard

Aghanim's Scepter

Allows you to move, cast and attack during Freezing Field. Can still be interrupted by enemies. You move -75% slower during this. Increases total number of explosions by 20%. Applies Frostbite to any unit that has been standing in the Freezing Field for over 3.5s.


Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
  • +50 Freezing Field Damage

Once the place of her exile, Icewrack has become an anchor for Rylai's frigid onslaught.
R

Stop Freezing Field

Immediately stops the Freezing Field


Cooldown

1


Crystal Clone

Slides in a direction, creating a crystal clone of herself in her place and disjointing incoming projectiles. If the clone takes enough damage or times out, it shatters, Frostbiting enemies in a 450 AoE around its place. The Clone can also be destroyed by Crystal Maiden's own spells.


DISTANCE: 275

CLONE DURATION: 5

CLONE HEALTH: 150

Cooldown

10

Mana Cost

150

Cast Range

-1


Talents

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

+300 Crystal Nova Damage

+1s Frostbite Duration

+ 26.7 %

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

+50 Freezing Field Damage

+ 19.1 %

+225 Attack Speed

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

-4.5s Crystal Nova Cooldown

+100 Frostbite Cast Range

+ 24.0 %

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

+100 Crystal Nova AoE

+200 Health

+ 2.2 %

Win Rate

Pick Rate

Strategy

Try to hit both opponents with Crystal Nova and potentially secure the range creep at the same time.

Consider skilling Frostbite on level 2 for a kill attempt with your mana regen consumables.

Frostbite does more damage to creeps. Use it to farm big neutral creeps or enemy summons.

Crystal Nova provides vision so you can use it to scout pillars for wards and Roshan pit.

Avoid showing yourself at the start of the fight. Keep distance and spam Crystal Nova, Frostbite, and use items.

Don't rush with using Freezing Field in fights unless you can support it with Glimmer Cape.

Use portals to roam around the map and set up kills with your control spells.

Remember to use Boots of Bearing to gain movespeed during Freezing Field with Aghamins Scepter.

Get Aghanims Shard at the 15 minute mark as it gives you more mobility, lockdown and wave clear.

Counter Strategy

Crystal Maiden counters heroes that don't like to be rooted such as Ember Spirit, Void Spirit and Storm Spirit. Note that Frostbite is long-lasting and has a short cooldown.

Crystal Maiden is a vulnerable hero and one of the easiest to kill during the laning phase

Play on different sides of the lane with your coleague against Crystal Maiden such that you don't get hit both by Crystal Nova

Use moments when Crystal Maiden is away from her laning partner to land a kill on her, for example when she's pulling. Keeping her on low levels means that her team won't have high levels of Arcane Aura

Look to interrupt the Crystal Maiden Freezing Field in fights. She will try to protect herself with Glimmer Cape or BKB

Crystal Maiden's level 20 attack speed talent is good against specific heroes or abilities such as Supernova, Tombstone and Will-o-Wisp

Lore

Born in a temperate realm, raised with her fiery older sister Lina, Rylai the Crystal Maiden soon found that her innate elemental affinity to ice created trouble for all those around her. Wellsprings and mountain rivers froze in moments if she stopped to rest nearby; ripening crops were bitten by frost, and fruiting orchards turned to mazes of ice and came crashing down, spoiled. When their exasperated parents packed Lina off to the equator, Rylai found herself banished to the cold northern realm of Icewrack, where she was taken in by an Ice Wizard who had carved himself a hermitage at the crown of the Blueheart Glacier. After long study, the wizard pronounced her ready for solitary practice and left her to take his place, descending into the glacier to hibernate for a thousand years. Her mastery of the Frozen Arts has only deepened since that time, and now her skills are unmatched.

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